Professor Lord Stern was adviser to the UK Government on the Economics of Climate Change and Development from 2005-2007, and Head of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. He was also Head of the Government Economic Service, 2003-2007; Second Permanent Secretary to Her Majesty's Treasury, 2003-2005; and Director of Policy and Research for the Prime Minister's Commission for Africa, 2004-2005. He was Chief Economist and Senior Vice President at the World Bank from 2000-2003.

During his time as Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Visiting Professor of Economics at LSE, he was one of the founding forces behind the Asia Research Centre, formally becoming its director on 11 June 2007.

His research and publications have focused on the economics of climate change, economic development and growth, economic theory, tax reform, public policy and the role of the state and economies in transition.

Bowen, Alex and
Stern, Nicholas
(2010)
Environmental policy and the economic downturn
Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, 16. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK.

Bowen, Alex and
Fankhauser, Samuel and
Stern, Nicholas and
Zenghelis, Dimitri
(2009)
An outline of the case for a ‘green’ stimulus
Policy Brief, February 2009. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK.

1999

Stern, Nicholas and
Wes, Marina
(1999)
Macroeconomic progress
In: The Second Decade: Prospects for European Integration After Ten Years of Transition.. Sdu Publishers, The Hague, The Netherlands, 19-47. ISBN 9012088070

Stern, Nicholas
(1997)
Macroeconomic policy and the role of the state in the changing world
In:
Malinvaud, Edmond and
Milleron, Jean-Claude and
Nabli, Mustapha K. and
Sen, Amartya K. and
Sengupta, Arjun and
Stern, Nicholas and
Stiglitz, Joseph E. and
Suzumura, Kotaro, (eds.)
Development Strategy and Management of the Market Economy. Volume 1. Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK, 143-174. ISBN 0198292120